A lighthearted look at news of the dayI had a strange dream last week. It seemed President Trump decided to fire the FBI director for the way he handled the Clinton email scandal, and Democrats who had been urging Trump to do this were outraged. Crazy, right? I'll have to watch what I eat before going to bed.---Or maybe we'll all have to watch what we eat before reading the news.---Admit it, last fall you would have jumped at a chance to bet against someone who said Donald Trump would fire FBI Director James Comey for the way he handled the Clinton email scandal. But first you would have jumped at the chance to bet against someone who said Trump would be elected.---With everything going on in Washington right now, no one should be surprised the Barnum and Bailey Circus had to shut down. This stuff is free, folks. Dancing elephants and donkeys! The only problem is no one ever comes along at the end of the day to sweep the … you know … into the garbage.---Efforts to change Obamacare won't make much difference. Whatever Congress has, it's definitely a pre-existing condition.---Asked if Comey's firing had anything to do with an ongoing investigation into the Trump administration, the president reportedly said, "Nyet!"---Meanwhile, in news that makes much more sense, Vladimir Putin scored seven goals in an exhibition hockey game last week. The opposing goalie employed what is known as the BeeGees defense ("Stayin' alive, stayin' alive").---At the game, Putin reacted incredulously when a reporter asked him for his reaction to Comey's firing. "Your question looks very funny for me," he said through a translator. Yes, why not focus on things that are real, like the 64-year-old Russian leader's prowess on the ice?​

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